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The Island of New Guinea. The eastern part is PNG

Where I Belong

Well usually most people around the world don't know where Papua New Guinea (PNG) is. It is just above or north of the Australian continent. PNG is the eastern part of the world's second largest island called the New Guinea Island. The western part was colonized by the Dutch and is now under Indonesia. PNG was colonized by various countries: Germany, British, and Australia. PNG gained its independence from Australia in 16 September 1975 which I was not born yet (maybe I was still flying in the outer space....just a joke). Yep that's where PNG is and you can see its map here.
I belong to the Melanesian Race of the Pacific just like all Papua New Guineans. Melanesians are black but not so like the Africans if I am correct. We have black and kind of still-wool hair but some of us have curly hair. The people here are unique in terms of our various cultures. Papua New Guinea is an interesting place where you will find some of the things that a not found around the world. We have various species of plants and animals in the sea, land and air. This is just an introduction for which I'll include more later.

Intro Updated May 24, 2007
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ChristinaNest Mar 24, 2009 at 4:47 AM

Great photos, your culture is so interesting!! Thank you for sharing! greetings from Bulgaria
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grets Apr 2, 2008 at 10:53 PM

Hi Cleighton. Irian Jaya is right at the top of my wish list, and I would aslo love to return to PNG. Fabulous place!
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youssef09 Jun 24, 2007 at 7:43 AM

greetings from so so so far , youssef